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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

One Thing Is For Certain: Administrators At Georgetown Are Unrepentant

precisely what Archbishop Zani has in mind when he states that CCE is “taking the issue seriously” and is “cooperating with the Society of Jesus [SJ] in this regard” is impossible to know from those phrases. Is CCE sufficiently serious enough in this issue to bring pressure upon SJ leadership in Rome to introduce the kind of changes at Georgetown that Blatty seeks? Or, lacking “hierarchic recourse,” is CCE going to communicate with SJ leadership in Rome (perhaps over a very nice lunch and glass of wine) and then place Blatty’s canonical petition in the circular file, Archbishop Zani having done what said he would do? One thing is for certain: Administrators at Georgetown are unrepentant. According to Inside Higher Ed, a Georgetown spokeswoman, Rachel Pugh, wrote in an email that the University has received no formal correspondence from the Vatican regarding the petition, and that Georgetown’s Catholic identity “has never been stronger.” Perhaps the petition has already been placed in the circular file.

precisely what Archbishop Zani has in mind when he states that CCE is
“taking the issue seriously” and is “cooperating with the Society of
Jesus [SJ] in this regard” is impossible to know from those phrases. Is
CCE sufficiently serious enough in this issue to bring pressure upon SJ
leadership in Rome to introduce the kind of changes at Georgetown that
Blatty seeks? Or, lacking “hierarchic recourse,” is CCE going to
communicate with SJ leadership in Rome (perhaps over a very nice lunch
and glass of wine) and then place Blatty’s canonical petition in the
circular file, Archbishop Zani having done what said he would do?
One thing is for certain: Administrators at Georgetown are unrepentant. According to Inside Higher Ed,
a Georgetown spokeswoman, Rachel Pugh, wrote in an email that the
University has received no formal correspondence from the Vatican
regarding the petition, and that Georgetown’s Catholic identity “has
never been stronger.”
Perhaps the petition has already been placed in the circular file.
- See more at:
http://the-american-catholic.com/2014/05/14/william-peter-blatty-georgetown-and-the-congregation-for-catholic-education-headed-for-the-circular-file/#sthash.sv8k5YMI.dpuf

About Me

I am not a Jesuit, nor am I a cleric. I spent about 5 years under the spiritual direction of a Jesuit, 3 of those years in a weekly directed retreat in everyday life. The profound impact that the Society and the Excercises had upon my life, resulted in me, trying to deal with that impact in some way by sharing my view of Jesus Christ with others. My intention is to pull together Jesuitical and Catholic subjects that interest me. I was born on the feast day of St. Paul Miki, S.J.. I am the father of three small children and an infant, I am married to a great wife.